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"I Wanna Go" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was released on June 13, 2011 by Jive Records as the third single from her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. The song was written by Shellback, Max Martin and Savan Kotecha, while being produced by Martin and Shellback. Spears first posted a snippet of the track in February 2011, prior to the album's release. "I Wanna Go" is a dance-pop and Hi-NRG song that includes elements of techno and a heavy bassline. Accompanied with a whistled melody and stuttering vocals, the song's lyrics feature Spears sings about losing inhibitions.

"I Wanna Go" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Some praised the track for being effective and highlighted its hook, while others dismissed the vocals as processed. "I Wanna Go" charted due to digital sales following the release of Femme Fatale in the lower regions of the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100, and also topped the South Korean International chart for three consecutive weeks. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Chris Marrs Piliero was released on June 22, 2011. The video depicts Spears in a mock press conference living out different fantasies in her head as she day-dreams, at the end of the video it cuts back to the press conference only to show it was all in Spears' head. Spears performed the song on 2011's Femme Fatale Tour.

Background

"I Wanna Go" was written by Shellback, Max Martin, and Savan Kotecha, while being produced by Martin and Shellback. It was registered on Broadcast Music Incorporated under the legal title "I I I WANNA GO O O". On February 22, 2011, Spears posted on her Twitter account a link to a 29-second clip of the song, while calling Martin "amazing". In an interview with Rolling Stone in March 2011, Spears stated that the song's signature whistle gets her "every time hears it", adding that Martin's melodies are "incredible. Who would have thought of that? There is nobody I feel more comfortable collaborating with in the studio." Kotecha spoke to Digital Spy about the song on May 3, 2011, stating that he had written it "about a year and a half ago" and it was likely a future single due to the positive reaction. A poll in which fans would choose the third single was launched on May 11, 2011. Two days later, "I Wanna Go" was officially announced as the third single from Femme Fatale by Jive Records through a press release. The cover art was revealed on June 6, 2011, and featured Spears on the music video set, wearing colored hair extensions and a top with a skeletal Mickey Mouse.

Composition

"I Wanna Go" is a dance-pop and Hi-NRG song, that includes elements of techno and a heavy bassline. The song contains a whistled melody that was described by Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice as "Bob Sinclair–does–Frankie Knuckles". The drum fills have been described as reminiscent of New Order's "Blue Monday" (1983). Spears squeals and chuckles throughout the song, and also draws out the "e"'s in the beat-free pre-chorus, "Shame on me / To need release / Uncontrollably." In the chorus, she stutters "I I I wanna go O O / All the way / Taking out my freak tonight". In the lyrics, Spears sings about losing inhibitions, as evident in lines such as "I I I wanna show / All the dirt / I got running through my mind.", while playfully apologizing for her need for sexual release. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times stated that Spears sings about "the scrum that surrounds her" in "Lately people got me all tied up / There's a countdown waiting for me to erupt".

Critical reception

The song has received positive reviews from music critics. Parker Bruce of the Washington Square News stated that "I Wanna Go" functions as "a sort of formal declaration and mission statement" for Femme Fatale, adding, that "It is not an innovative song, but it is fantastically effective and endlessly enticing with its liberating, toss-your-cares-away, dance-like-a-complete–and-utter-fool cathartic chorus, repeated words and typically saucy Britney lyrics." Hannah Rishel of The Daily Collegian said "I Wanna Go" would have been "another good lead single". Ryan Brockington of the New York Post commented that "the builds and breaks of 'I Wanna Go' – gave me hints of the Blackout Britney we love best." Samesame.com.au called the song Spears's best since "Toxic" (2004), and added that "I’d go so far as to say that it is probably the best song that she has ever recorded. How the decision was made that 'Hold It Against Me' would be a better first single over this is baffling." Andrew Leahey of The Washington Times said that along "Till the World Ends", they are "bass-heavy tributes to club culture." Robert Copsey of Digital Spy called it "anthemic" and noted it may become a future single. Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice called the song the highlight of Femme Fatale, adding, "get ready for to score your summer." However, Juzwiak went on to note that her vocals are heavily manipulated to maximize the chorus's potential, even though "the joy she sings about is palpable."

Thomas Conner of the Chicago Sun-Times also noted that her vocals were processed to the point "these songs could be sung by anyone", exemplifying "'I Wanna Go' tweaks her up so high she could be Jackie Evancho." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stated that "If not for its infectious pre-chorus whistle, 'I Wanna Go' would be just another song off the Max Martin assembly line". Andy Gill of The Independent said that the album sounds more programmed than natural, commenting that "even the little whistling hook in 'I Wanna Go' has a synthetic character about it." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said that although most of tracks of the album are "genuinely exciting there's certainly some unremarkable stuff on offer, notably 'Seal It With a Kiss' and 'I Wanna Go." Evan Sawdey of PopMatters stated that "I Wanna Go" is the point of the album in which "things stop being fun and start becoming intensely repetitious", critizing specifically " utterly stupid set of syllables repeated ad nauseam for no reason whatsoever? the 'ably' part of 'uncontrollably' gets recycled far beyond the point where it just sounds stupid."

Chart performance

On the week of April 3, 2011, "I Wanna Go" debuted at number seventy-three on the US Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number fifty-two on the Hot Digital Songs component chart, and number sixty on Canadian Hot 100 on the week of April 16, 2011, due to strong digital sales on the same week of the album's release. After its release as a single, it debuted at number 37 on the US Pop Chart on the week of July 2, 2011. It also debuted at number one on South Korea's GAON International Chart, remaining on the same position for three consecutive weeks.

Music video

Development

The music video for "I Wanna Go" was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero and filmed in Los Angeles, California. On June 17, 2011, Jive Records announced through a press release that an exclusive 30-second teaser would premiere on June 19, 2011, on Bravo's Watch What Happens: Live and on Vevo simultaneously. The official video was revealed to premiere on MTV and Vevo on June 22, 2011. Following the premiere the video will air hourly on MTV, during video hours, and on VH1's Best Morning Buzz Live. The teaser featured Spears standing atop a yellow taxi and wielding a microphone as a weapon against the paparazzi. The marquee in the cinema in front of Spears reads Crossroads 2: Cross Harder, referencing her film debut in Crossroads (2002).

Synopsis

The video begins with a mock press conference. Press and paparazzi are wearing "Britney Spears- I Wanna Go" lanyards. Someone writes Directed by: Chris Marrs Piliero on their notepad. Britney walks on, wearing studded Louboutins and a cropped Mickey Mouse shirt. Members of the Press stand up one by one and ask her ridiculous and comical questions, in which Spears answers in a sarcastic tone, In the end she gets annoyed at all the inane questions and leans into the mic to say "You know what? (BEEP!) you, (BEEP!) you, (BEEP) you, you're cool and (BEEP!) you." then storms out. She steps out onto the street as the song starts, wearing a white leather jacket and black frilly skirt matched with studded combat boots . She walks outside of a hotel and greets a fan who asks her to sign a copy of her album "Femme Fatale". The song regularly cuts away to close-ups of her singing into a microphone. She continues to walk down the street past people, she blows a kiss to a baby who whistles in time to the song. A Policeman walks up to a man in a parked car, to give him a ticket. Britney spots him from across the street and pulls her jacket open, Flashing him. Spears then winks at the camera. As the first chorus starts, he has her bent over a car while he searches her. He feels up and down her legs while she sings into camera. Spears now turns round and puts her arms round the cop, As the next verse starts, Britney is seen walking away from the cop, swinging the handcuffs round her finger while we see him buttoning up his shirt behind her, giving the idea that she seduced him. She walks down the street and a paparazzi start walking with her and taking photos of her. She stops and poses for some photos, and blows a kiss to the camera before walking up to him and grabbing his camera and throwing it on the floor, smashing it. More paparazzi appear and she runs off, jumping up on top of a taxi. Spears then stands atop the taxi as the second chorus begins, wielding the microphone as a weapon against the paparazzi. Across the street, the marquee of the cinema reads "Crossroads 2: Cross Harder", supposedly mocking her film debut in Crossroads (2002). After all the paparazzi have been knocked to the floor by her mic, she looks pleased with herself. She looks around from atop the taxi as they close in on her, their faces bursting with electric wires, and their eyes all glowing red. One of the robots looks at her and we see their POV- a red 'robot screen' with the words 'Primary Target' written across it as it locks in on Britney. A car pulls up and screeches to a halt behind her. A man inside yells "Britney, get in quick!" and they screech off, as she dances in the passenger seat in her pink bikini top. As they drive along the guy pulls out a carton of milk from behind the drivers seat and pours it all over his face, She continues to dance in the passenger seat, standing up as they drive along, and he dances as well. His chest starts to spark as he dances, she pulls open his jacket to reveal that he is also a robot. The video then cuts back to the press conference signaling Spears was daydreaming. The press are still asking questions, Britney's bouncer steps in and says "No further questions." She turns to him and says "I had the strangest dream!". He then says "Come on, let's get out of here." and puts his arm around her, leading her off. As he does so he turns to the camera and his eyes glow red, and there is an evil laugh, a reference to Michael Jackson's 1983 music video for Thriller.

Live performance

"I Wanna Go" was first performed at 2011's Femme Fatale Tour. The song was performed after Spears sings a cover of Madonna's "Burning Up." Spears and her dancers bring fans onstage and dance with them throughout the performance. Shirley Halperin of The Hollywood Reporter stated that whereas " mid-tempo numbers seemed to stall out quickly, where faster offerings like 'Womanizer,' 'I Wanna Go' and 'Toxic' had the sold out crowd jumping in place and pumping their number twos in the air." Shaunna Murphy of Entertainment Weekly said, "Of the newer songs, 'How I Roll' and 'I Wanna Go' were standouts, the former for its bubblegum fun and the latter for the uproarious fan participation on stage."

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Femme Fatale booklet liner notes.

Charts

Radio date and release history

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External links

• 2011 singles
• Dance-pop songs
• Songs written by Max Martin
• Songs written by Shellback
• Songs written by Savan Kotecha
• Songs produced by Max Martin
• Songs produced by Shellback
• Britney Spears songs
• English-language songs